Clayton Banks Archives - Harlem World Magazine

Recovery For All Of Us: NYC Announces Free And Low Cost Broadband Access At NYCHA

Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced a major milestone in the City’s effort to bring new internet connectivity options to residents of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and to create a shift in the local broadband market.Continue reading

Join The Silicon Harlem Virtual Meetup Tech Talk On Contact Tracing

Join a discussion around contact tracing and the role of technology in Healthcare.Continue reading

Kallos And Silicon Harlem Applaud Free Broadband For Students From Charter And Ask For More

Statement from Council Member Ben Kallos: Technology is going to be a major tool in fighting the spread of novel coronavirus, but only for those who aren't trapped on the wrong side of the digital divide.Continue reading

Dining With Miss Lil: Harlem Week 2019 Was In Full Swing

By Lil Nickelson On Wednesday, July 18^th, 2018 New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio stated, “You have provided proof to me that Harlem maybe a few blocks farther north, but tonight Gracie Mansion is Harlem.Continue reading

TEDxHarlem Thought Leaders Talk The Harlem Renaissance 2.0 At MIST In Harlem

TEDxHarlem takes place August 21st, 2019, at Mist Harlem. TEDxHarlem is a one-day event that will feature speaker sessions. Continue reading

Mayor de Blasio Offers Microgrants For Development Of Workforce Training Programs

The de Blasio Administration today announced it is offering up to $300,000 in microgrants to qualified organizations that specialize in workforce development from Harlem to Hollis. Continue reading

Silicon Harlem’s Clayton Banks And Professors Work To Develop 5G Wireless Testbed

NYU News reports that tree Tandon School of Engineering professors will take part in research on the fifth generation of wireless network communications.Continue reading

An Open Letter To Harlem From Silicon Harlem

Dear Harlem, Silicon Harlem loves you. Yes, you, Harlem. Who else would we be talking to? For over one hundred years you have been the place where the game changes.Continue reading

Clayton Banks, CEO, Silicon Harlem Becomes Member Of Mayors NYCx Technology Leadership Advisory Council

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chief Technology Officer Miguel Gamiño, Jr. today announced members of the NYCx Technology Leadership Advisory Council, adding Harlem's Clayton Banks (pictured above), CEO, of Silicon Harlem as a member.Continue reading

Silicon Harlem Hackathon August 9, 2015 Harlem Week

Harlem Entrepreneurs Work To Win Free Office Space

Budding entrepreneurs in Harlem have the chance to win up to a year of free office space when Co-working company WeWork opens its first location in the neighborhood.Continue reading

Jessica O. Matthews, Wants To Run Harlem’s First Billion-Dollar Tech Company

It was about a year ago this month that a group of venture capital investors first walked into the doors of Uncharted Play, expecting to hear a pitch.Continue reading

Harlem’s Clayton Banks Talks Harlem Future On Salon

Salon’s Carrie Sheffield sat down with Silicon Harlem founder Clayton Banks on Monday for a Facebook Live discussion about the unique gentrification infecting Harlem, New York. Continue reading

Harlem Garage, The Closing Of A Co-Working Space

The Harlem Garage was a neighborhood darling when the co-working space opened nearly three years ago on West 118th Street. Continue reading

Harlem Forum Highlights Inequities Facing the African American Community

Today, Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) Democrats held a public forum at the Harlem Hospital Center to discuss the impact of economic challenges and persistent inequities facing the African American community in New York. Continue reading

Silicon Harlem Conference 2015 At MIST Harlem

On Friday, October 16, 2015, Silicon Harlem will host a one of a kind conference that puts real focus on what opportunities there are in the innovation economy.Continue reading